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September 2007

 

     
   
     
     

 

Opening This Week: September 22 - 28 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

September 28, 2007

 

 

The Detective

Beauty and the 7 Beast  

(Images: Universe Films, Ltd., Sil-Metropol Organization, Ltd., See Movie.)

Two Hong Kong productions have been delivered to the local theaters. In The Detective, Aaron Kwok plays a Thai detective gets himself into a chain of murders after agrees to locate a mysterious woman. Beauty and the 7 Beast is about a fading mail star is teaching five losers how to date girls. Then he finds out the first target of his pupils is his long-lost daughter. The Detective is also becoming available in the mainland. However, the spotlight of the week goes to Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, which is now shown in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

 

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Opening This Week: September 15 - 21 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

September 21, 2007

 

 

My Left Hand

 

(Image: Tianjin Film Studio, The August First Film Studio, The People's Armed Police Force.)

My Left Hand is the new movie released this week. It tells a true story of a solider losses his right hand during a recon mission and refuses to quit. In Hong Kong, Jiang Wen's The Sun Also Rises has been released.

 

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Opening This Week: September 8 -14 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

September 14, 2007

 

 

The Sun Also Rises

My Career

As a Teacher

The First of August

Way of the Snowstorm

 
         
 

Forgive and Forget

Feng Zhiyuan

Exodus

I Saw a Beast

 

(Images: Bu Yi Le Hu Films, Beijing Red Century Film & Television Co., Ltd. and Hubei Red Century Film Co., Ltd., The August First Film Studio, Tianshan Film Studio, China Film Group Corp., FilmKo Pictures, Sil-Metropol Organization Ltd., Tai-Hong Film & Vidio Production Studio, ?.)

This week, six new movies have been made available in the mainland China. Jiang Wen tells four inter-related stories in The Sun Also Rises, life stories of two teachers working in harsh conditions are featured in My Career As a Teacher and Feng Zhiyuan, the first uprising of the Chinese communists is recaptured in The First of August, how are several forest rangers and a gang of gold poachers are dealing with an approaching storm is told in Way of the Snowstorm, and life of a few men and women is deeply stirred by lies and bedrails is what Forgive and Forget all about. In Hong Kong, PANG Ho-Cheung's Exodus, about the women's worldwide conspiracy of killing all men, has been released. Released in Taiwan, I Saw a Beast tells a girl is feeling guilty about being homosexual and her partner is ending her marriage in order to stay with her true love...

 

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LUST, CAUTION and USELESS CAPTURE Lions of Venice (...)

 

 

September 9, 2007

 

 

 

(Images: CFP) 

Hail, again, to Ang Lee, two years after capturing the Golden Lion with Brokeback Mountain, returned to Venice and got the same lion again with his newly completed Lust, Caution.  Also congradulate to Jia Zhangke, who won the Golden Lion last year with feature film Still Life, received the the top prize of the documentary category, for Useless.

 
 

 

WARLORDS International Teaser Posters (Sina.com Exclusive)

 

 

September 8, 2007

 

 

(Images: Media Asia, China Film Group, Morgan & Chan) 

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Opening This Week: September 1 - 7 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

September 7, 2007

 

 

Invisible Wings

Air Diary

Crazy in Love

Naraka 19

 

(Images: Produced by China Disabled Person's Federation, Beijing Silver Dream Digital Image Technology Co., Ltd., Xi'an Five Continents Culture Promotion Co., Ltd., Xi'an TV Media Co, Ltd., Beijing Envision Film & TV Center, JCE China, Star000, Mei Ah Entertainment, Xi'an Mei Ah Culture Communication, Beijing Time Image and Sound International Entertainment Co., Ltd.)

This week, three little films released in the mainland China. Invisible Wings tells how a young girl who lost both of her armies becomes a swimmer, Air Diary about the story of a girl singer and a guy who owns a bar. Crazy in Love is an urban comedy about what happens after guys meet girls. Naraka 19, a horror flick is released yesterday in Hong Kong. It tells a girl uncovering the truth behind the alleged 19th lay of hell.

 

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Fist Official Stills of Stephen Chow's CJ7, aka. LONG RIVER 7 (Sina.com)

 

 

September 6, 2007

 

 

 

(Images: Star Overseas, China Film Group Corp. )

 

Stephen Chow plays a very poor dad, who works very hard to support his son attending a private school. 9 year old girl Xu Jiao plays his son and actress Zhang Yuqi plays a school teacher, who is really an alien. One day Stephen Chow discovered a strange "toy" in the trash and gives it to his son as a birthday present. Soon they find out the "toy" is a communication device lost y the alien. Once targeted at this summer, the release in Asia has been pushed back to the summer next year. Reportedly Stephen Chow, has run into some problems related to CG effects and voice-over.

 

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More Official THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Stills (Sina.com)

 

 

September 6, 2007

 

 

 

Jackie Chan's trademark pose.

Jet Li with Michael Angarano.

 

(Images: Lionsgate, Casey Silver Productions, The HY. Bros., Relativity Media)

 
   

Principal shooting of the first Jackie Chan-Jet Li collaboration has wrapped up in China, according to Sina.com. The Hollywood production blends the talents of two top on-screen martial-art stars, stories inspired by classic fantasy novel Journey to the West, Chinese folklore about "The Eight Immortals" as well as Dr. Louis Cha's wuxia novel White Hair Demoness, which has been on screen numerous times. Michael Angarano plays an American kid who  is brought back to the ancient China after getting in touched with a magic cudgel. He them teams up with Lu Yan (Jackie Chan), The Silent Monk (Jet Li) and Golden Sparrow (Liu Yifei) to free the imprisoned Monkey King (Jet Li) and return the cudgel to him. Of cause their trip is not safe. The White Hair Deomness (Li Bingbing) and her master Jade War Lord (Collin Chou) are not hesitating to stop them. The script is written by John Fusco and the director is Rob Minkoff. Yuen Wo-Ping is on board as the choreographer and the executive producer and the man behind the camera is Peter Pau. Three South Korean films, Macrograph, Inc., Digital Tetra Inc. (DTI) and Footage are shaire the task of CG effects. The North American release is aimed at April 18, 2008 and the dates for other countries are not determined.

 

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Related stories:

Jet Li as the Monkey King of the FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, Have a Look (JetLiCN.com) July 17, 2007

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos and Video (Sina.com) June 27, 2007

FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Press Conference (...) June 14, 2007

FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos (Sohu.com) June 13, 2007

Another THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Photo - Liu Yifei (Oriental Morning Post) May 22, 2007

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos (Sohu.com) May 9, 2007

 

 

 

LUST, CAUTION Stills - Tang Wei (Sina.com)

 

 

September 5, 2007

 

 

 

(Images: Focus Features, Haishang Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Ltd, Shanghai Film Group Corp. )

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More about Lust, Caution.

 

 

 

More Review from Venice - Jiang Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES (...)

 

 

September 4, 2007

 

 

 

The Madness The Gun The Attraction The Dream  

(Images: Buyilehu Films, Emperor Motion Pictures, Taihe Films)

 
   

Ray Bennett from The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Fluid motion and glorious colors provide a visual treat in Jiang Wen's sumptuous romantic fantasy 'The Sun Also Rises,'" "besides being wonderful to look at, "The Sun Also Rises" is great fun, with sure-handed performances and an especially spry one by Zhuo as the addled mother."
 

Review by Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter
 
Related stories:
'Also Rises' not a Hemingway film, by Clifford Coonan, Variety
Wen rises with 'Sun', by Clifford Coonan, Variety
 
 

 

 

Review from Venice - Jiang Wen's THE SUN ALSO RISES (...)

 

 

September 3, 2007

 

 

 

The Madness The Gun The Attraction The Dream